[Arcane Barn Elk]

Is this a typo in the material that I'm using, am I losing my mind? Or is there a solution to the following two questions - and if so please enlighten me!

x/3 = x/4 = 6


x = 3x = 5

Thanks!

[Intriguing Alias]

(Original post by Arcane Barn Elk)
Is this a typo in the material that I'm using, am I losing my mind? Or is there a solution to the following two questions - and if so please enlighten me!

x/3 = x/4 = 6


x = 3x = 5

Thanks!

Obviously wrong, the only solution to ax = bx where a and b are constants that do not equal each other is x = 0, but then they wouldn't = 6 or = 5.

[notnek]

(Original post by Arcane Barn Elk)
Is this a typo in the material that I'm using, am I losing my mind? Or is there a solution to the following two questions - and if so please enlighten me!

x/3 = x/4 = 6


x = 3x = 5

Thanks!

Could you let me know where you got the question/solution from?

Thanks

[Arcane Barn Elk]

(Original post by hassi94)
Obviously wrong, the only solution to ax = bx where a and b are constants that do not equal each other is x = 0, but then they wouldn't = 6 or = 5.

Thank you for confirming where I got to after some thought - I'm completely new to algebra!

(Original post by notnek)
Could you let me know where you got the question/solution from?

NEC distance learning materials - they are practice questions. I'm going to have to look out for typos I guess. :/